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Red Reishi Mushroom Plug Spawn Dowels (100)

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Red Reishi Mushroom Identification

Classification: Ganoderma lingzhi

Other Names: Lingzhi, Reishi Mushroom, Ganoderma Mushroom

Red Reishi Mushroom Substrates

Sterilized Hardwood Substrate

Hardwood Logs, Supplemented Sawdust Blocks, Pasteurized Straw, Other Cellulose Products

Petri: Malt Extract Agar, Dextrose Agar

Spawn: Rye Berries, Millet, Oats, Corn

Red Reishi Mushroom Environmental Information

Moderate Temperature - Long Term

Incubation Temperature: 75F-80F

Incubation Time: 14-16 Days

Fruiting Temperature: 65F-75F

Fruiting Humidity: 85%-93%

Pinning Time: 10-14 Days

Total Fruiting Time: 60+ Days

Slow Fruiting

This mushroom species takes a considerable amount of time to fruit.

Intermediate

This species requires an intermediate grower level and general understanding of mushrooms.

Click here to read our full instructions about how to use mushroom plug spawn

Easily grow your own Red Reishi Mushrooms for years to come. Red Reishi Mushroom Plug Spawn is wood dowels inoculated with the Red Reishi Mushroom species mycelium, and used to grow mushroom fruiting bodies on freshly cut logs or stumps. You will specifically need hardwood logs such as Alder, Ash, Birch, Bitternut, Cherry, Chestnut, Hophornbeam, Ironwood, Maple, Oak, Pecan, Sweet gum, Sycamore, Tulip poplar, Walnut, Willow. Red Reishi Mushrooms do not grow on conifers.

Simply drill 5/16" holes 1" deep to hammer the Red Reishi Mushroom plugs into. The holes should be drilled right before plugging them, and spaced about 4" apart. Logs should be roughly 6 inches in diameter and four feet long. They need to be freshly cut, or at least cut within the past 20 days. Avoid using logs with missing or split bark, try to find unpenetrated logs, except on the sides they were cut.

Red Reishi Mushroom Plug spawn can also be used to grow mushrooms on live trees, but should only be done strategically down branch where pruning is planned later. Our Red Reishi Mushroom plug spawn is made from hardwood fluted or spiral dowels.

The Red Reishi mushroom is a polypore mushroom belonging to the genus Ganoderma, and is also known as Lingzhi. Its red-varnished, kidney-shaped cap gives it a distinct appearance. When fresh, the it is soft, cork-like, and flat. It lacks gills on its underside, and instead releases its spores via fine pores. Depending on the age of the mushroom, the pores on its underside may be white or brown. Lingzhi mushroom is used in traditional Chinese medicine. In nature, it grows at the base and stumps of deciduous trees, especially that of the maple. Only two or three out of 10,000 such aged trees will have lingzhi growth, and therefore its wild form is extremely rare. Today, lingzhi is effectively cultivated on hardwood logs or sawdust/woodchips.

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    Liquid Fungi

    Red Reishi Mushroom Plug Spawn Dowels (100)

    $15.00 $20.00

    The Red Reishi mushroom is a polypore mushroom belonging to the genus Ganoderma, and is also known as Lingzhi. Its red-varnished, kidney-shaped cap gives it a distinct appearance. When fresh, the it is soft, cork-like, and flat. It lacks gills on its underside, and instead releases its spores via fine pores. Depending on the age of the mushroom, the pores on its underside may be white or brown. Lingzhi mushroom is used in traditional Chinese medicine. In nature, it grows at the base and stumps of deciduous trees, especially that of the maple. Only two or three out of 10,000 such aged trees will have lingzhi growth, and therefore its wild form is extremely rare. Today, lingzhi is effectively cultivated on hardwood logs or sawdust/woodchips.

    Easily grow your own Red Reishi Mushrooms for years to come. Red Reishi Mushroom Plug Spawn is wood dowels inoculated with the Red Reishi Mushroom species mycelium, and used to grow mushroom fruiting bodies on freshly cut logs or stumps. You will specifically need hardwood logs such as Alder, Ash, Birch, Bitternut, Cherry, Chestnut, Hophornbeam, Ironwood, Maple, Oak, Pecan, Sweet gum, Sycamore, Tulip poplar, Walnut, Willow. Red Reishi Mushrooms do not grow on conifers.

    Simply drill 5/16" holes 1" deep to hammer the Red Reishi Mushroom plugs into. The holes should be drilled right before plugging them, and spaced about 4" apart. Logs should be roughly 6 inches in diameter and four feet long. They need to be freshly cut, or at least cut within the past 20 days. Avoid using logs with missing or split bark, try to find unpenetrated logs, except on the sides they were cut.

    Red Reishi Mushroom Plug spawn can also be used to grow mushrooms on live trees, but should only be done strategically down branch where pruning is planned later. Our Red Reishi Mushroom plug spawn is made from hardwood fluted or spiral dowels.

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